Tilt Trim Question

[blackhawkdc]

Hey all, I have a quick question. I'm dealing with a 1980 Evinrude 200 horse outboard. I just mounted the motor and need to wire up the tilt/trim. The solenoid box did not come with the motor unfortunately. I have a couple automotive relays in my tool box at work. They are rated at 50amps for the normally open contacts. Is this sufficient to handle the current of the tilt motor? I believe the manual I have states that the max current on the tilt trim motor is 43 amps. I understand most people recomment a pair of starter solenoids, but I have these smaller solenoids already in hand and are a more compact package.

Thanks!

Seth Petro

 

[Benny1963]

Re: Tilt Trim Question

the starter selinoids for cars dont have correct grounding,
do you have the two wire motor or three wire motor
on the three wire they only use a selinoid for the up motion.
the down is fed by the switch its self

 

[blackhawkdc]

Re: Tilt Trim Question

I have a three wire tilt motor, but would prefer to just run both up and down via relays, just the way I am.

Thanks,

Seth Petro

 

[Joe Reeves]

Re: Tilt Trim Question

There are relays, small square components with very small relay points within them...... not capable of handling the full 12 volts required to lift the engine.

Then there are the larger bakelite type solenoids, one of which is a special type especially designed for the three (3) wire PTT electric motor's up mode circuit.

I assume that you have solenoids, not automotive relays in your toolbox? If so, that dual solenoid setup is easily done.

If on the other hand, you are actually speaking of relays as we think of relays on the later model outboards, you'll need to exchange that three (3) wire electric motor for the later model two (2) wire electric motor as the two (2) wire motor is a dual polarity motor required by the relay setup.